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Steve Trimble

The U.S. Air Force’s nuclear weapons managers have started researching a key technology for an intercontinental range hypersonic glider.
 
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Guy Norris

Sixty five years after Lockheed Martin Skunk Works began the modern era of high altitude spy planes with the creation of the U-2, we take a look back at some of the key events in the Dragon Lady's history.
 
Steve Trimble

The acknowledgment is the clearest indication that Mayhem will serve as a testbed for dual-mode or turbine-based combined cycle hypersonic propulsion systems.
 
Bradley Perrett

Ask the Editors: The global battle for airframe dominance is now a battle between Airbus and Boeing, but could Comac shake up the scene?
 
Maxim Pyadushkin

Russia's Army2020 defense show kicked off in Kubinka, near Moscow, on Aug. 23. This event, first organized by Russia’s defense ministry in 2015, has quickly turned into the largest defense exposition in the country. Here are some of the most interesting exhibits from this year’s show.
 
Lee Hudson

How the F-35 program is quietly replacing its logistics system known as ALIS with ODIN.
 
Graham Warwick

Ask the Editors: There’s a way to go before propulsion electrification, but the type certification of aircraft begins to lay the bricks.
 
Steve Trimble

Lockheed Martin has chosen a proposed new variant of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to compete for the sea-based Regional Glide Phase Weapon prototyping program.
 
Bradley Perrett

Ask the Editors: China is squeezing out foreign airframe makers but still relies on Western engine and onboard suppliers—for now.
 
Steve Trimble

Northrop Grumman's first B-21 test aircraft entered the assembly process last year and overall is "coming along nicely," according to the U.S. Air Force program manager.